Spondylodiscitis after bilateral sequential lung transplantation in a patient with cystic fibrosis

Transpl Infect Dis. 2004 Mar;6(1):41-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2004.00042.x.

Abstract

We report the case of a 24-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis in whom spondylodiscitis developed after bilateral sequential transplantation. The diagnostic work-up included magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography-guided disk biopsy, histological examination, and cultures of disk specimens. The infective organism was D group Streptococcus and the patient was successfully treated with intravenous piperacillin followed by oral ampicillin. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of spondylodiscitis after lung transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Ampicillin / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cystic Fibrosis / microbiology
  • Discitis / drug therapy
  • Discitis / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Piperacillin / therapeutic use
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Streptococcus / isolation & purification*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Ampicillin
  • Piperacillin